In the next few months, DC Heroclix will be putting out some excellent product.

The Brave & the Bold
April 14 is the release date for the Brave & the Bold expansion. Team-ups, the tradition in DC's Brave & the Bold comics, is the theme for this set, which is supposed to have 25% of the set as duo figures. If you don't know about duo figures, this means two figures on one dial, to represent their ability to fight well together.

In addition to this, there is a new mechanic, Alter Ego, that we don't yet know much about. It has something to do with characters that can switch back and forth between two identities.

Blackest Night
May 12 is when the Blackest Night Starter Set hits the shelves, complete with the newest updated rulebook, dice, a map, and 7 cool figures from the Blackest Night storyline. Which ones, you ask? These guys:

HCRealms is a fansite that has thousands of members and a huge variety of forums, including sections on rules, tournaments, news items, reviews, comics, and loads of other things both clix-related and otherwise.

Additionally, the announcements about the Alter Ego figures have suggested there would be 5. Most believe this will be Superman & Clark Kent, Batman & Bruce Wayne, Wonder Woman & Diana Prince, Green Lantern & Hal Jordan, and Flash & Barry Allen, although most of those haven't been officially confirmed yet.

That sweet-looking Batman/Catwoman piece isn't actually a part of the set, but is, instead a Buy-It-by-the-Brick figure. That means the only way to get one is to buy a whole brick (10 packaged boosters) of Brave & the Bold. You will then have to mail in a coupon to get this limited edition figure. Again, let us know if you want to pre-order a brick of Brave & the Bold. This looks like it will be an excellent set.

I rearranged the list so that the duos were all on the bottom. Since the last post, we have confirmed Gizmo, a Green Lantern/Green Arrow duo, and Power Girl. I also included Bruce Wayne because he has been verbally confirmed from the company in early announcements. There are supposed to be between 12 and 15 duos, so expect 4 to 7 more of those in future announcements.

We have a little less than a month before the set releases and only 17 figures confirmed. There are a lot of surprises still to come. I can't wait to find out who the rest will be.

In addition to that link, on HCRealms, some rumors have come forth regarding a small group of other figures. One of them was Metallo, before he was officially previewed. Based on that, and a couple of other reasons, I think they are legit, so I am including them in this updated list. The ones from that have not been officially confirmed are in italics, in case you are skeptical.

Posted on Wizkids Facebook is their 2010 release schedule which looks like this:

"Justin Ziran We've announced our release Schedule for 2010 - Here it is

April '10 - The Brave & The Bold
May '10 - Blackest Night Starter
July '10 - The Watchmen 25 Figure Collector Set
August '10 - Web of the Spiderman
October '10 - Brightest Day (7 Figures - Like starter but no fiddly bits)
November '10 - DC 75th Anniversary Set

Halo Re...ach ActionClix (Battle Packs & Mega Battle Pack)- q4 '10

We also gave away the following (1 per store) Batman & Catwoman BBB fig. Each store also got either Nekron or The Black Hand chase figures.

Announced a special mailing (a small token of our appreciation for the support) for those stores that pre-ordered The Brave and The Bold (keep your eyes on your within the next two weeks)."

Yesterday was a big day for Heroclix news. Wizkids not only gave us details on their schedule for the rest of the year (see the post above), but that info also confirmed the theme for the next full Marvel expansion - Web of Spider-Man. They even previewed a figure that will be in the set, a duo fig featuring Iron Man & War Machine. Here is a link to a picture:

1: Feature famous DC duos
2: Introduce 3 new mechanics - Alter Ego, Battlefield Promotion and incorporate the Minion mechanic into DC
3: Play well with other sets - Historically, HeroClix sets played very well within themselves, with TB&TB we making sure that figures in TBTB play well with figures from previous sets (minion, etc)

Blackest Night Starter

7 figures
Updated 2010 Rulebook
Terrain, objects, dice, etc

Best figures we've sculpted to date, great potential as there hasn't been a starter in market for 2 years. Lots of interest from non-HC fans so far.

Colossal Dr. Manhattan will be released for the summer conventions. Variant will be released to retail later this year. We are NO DOING an anatomically correct version, despite rumors to the contrary (haha)

I will update our list again with these guys tomorrow. I will also include the By-It-By-the-Brick Batman/Catwoman figure on the list, and I will also include tomorrow's preview figure on the list, whatever that ends up being.

OK. Wizkids, instead of previewing a new figure yesterday gave details on the new Alter Ego mechanic. They also confirmed that in addition to the Clark Kent & Superman figures, there would indeed be a Bruce Wayne & Batman, and a Diana Prince & Wonder Woman.

Here is our updated list. I moved all the Alter Ego figures together and all the generics together.

OK, we just got LOTS of info - nearly the entire set list. They are rearranged, once again, but this time at their actual place in the set list. The question marks are there because we aren't quite certain of the exact numbering, but we know those figures are included. Here's what we got:

Wednesday, we open at 10 am. Come and get your clix. I am off now to post start a new thread about our tournament schedule.

If anyone wants to turn this thread into a pull-thread and report what you pulled out of your boosters, bricks, and cases, feel free to do so, especially if you get lucky enough to pull a chase figure.

I have heard that there is a Blackest Night Martian Manhunter chase, but I am not sure if that is legit or not at this point.

I opened up a case of Brave & the Bold the other day and I have got to tell you guys, this set is better and funner than I expected. The special powers and combinations are dynamic and sometimes game-changing.

For those sick of seeing Superman and Batman dominating every game in which they appear, there are two pieces you have GOT to get your hands on:

#41 Talia Al Ghul
There are two Talia pieces in this set. The one in a purple suit, #41, is a Batman-buster extraordinaire. She has a power called Seductress. Here's what it can do: "Talia Al Ghul can use Mind Control. When targeting an opposing character possessing the Batman Ally team ability or named 'Batman,' she modifies her attack value by +2 and heals 1 damage
instead of taking any damage from Mind Control." That means the usual penalty that a mind controller usually has for attempting to mind control a powerful character actually heals Talia instead of hurting her. But only when she's doing it to Batman or one of his buddies. That is nasty.

#32 Kryptonite Man
Holy Cow! A supervillain actually made of Kryptonite? And, yes, he works about how you would expect. "Characters within 8 squares of Kryptonite Man that possess the Superman Ally team ability or named 'Superman' have Earthbound/Neutralized and damage dealt to them may not be reduced below 1. When these characters are given a non-free action, modify their speed values by -3 for that action." Please note this is not a power that Kryptonite Man has to hit Superman with. If Superman or his buddies are even within 8 squares they are affected. They cannot fly and they stop being bulletproof. Heck, they're not even plastic spork-proof! To make it even worse, their movement is reduced by 3, so they'll have a heckuva time even trying to run away.

That is only barely scraping the surface of the crazy cool combinations that abound in the Brave & the Bold. Currently we are almost sold out of our initial order, but we have more on the way.

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